Ian N Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Bringing this back to the new forum after quite a few requests The project started back in 2003 when i acquired a coupe shell that was relatively solid from a Mr A for a silly price. The engine was a 8v SEH engine and after some thought, it was decided to keep this as the engine since no-one's done a well tuned 8 valve engine in this format. The spec sheet grew as did the ambition. Unfortunately the wallet hasn't as yet and the car is very slowly being worked on when i have time and money to do so, but being a student dosser.. that proves very hard with a BMW 320i needing maintaining so i can work at the weekends at this place: http://www.newbridgemotorsport.com If you look in the gallery, that's a Group C Nissan... and yes i am working on that... Kinda a dream come true so you might understand what I'm getting to see and want to make this manta up to! Anyway, spec is below followed by pictures galore: Engine Vauxhall SEH Sri130 base engine Rebalanced bottom end with ARP Rod bolts Pistons and rods 1.5g end to end Bill Bylestine Stage 3? head, re-sat valves and pressure checked. Kent Camshaft? and vernier pully Weber 45 DCOE Carbs Ashley 4-1 Steel manifold Fresh bearings Fresh oil and water pumps Fresh gaskets Mega jolt ecu and coil pack to be brought / Jenvey TBs and AEM management / Turbo conversion on current engine (Ideas...) Possible swap of manifold and exhaust system to BTB custom if funds allow. Transmission 1.8 Manta gearbox Helix custom clutch (£280! ouch!!!) Gripper / Quaife LSD? Chassis 1986 Manta GTE Coupe Re welded, new rails and jacking points, stitch welded (hopefully!) 'New' non sunroof skin 6 point Safety Devices cage Sparco Evo bucket seats TRS 6 point harnesses Remote Brake servo Brakes Astra GTE calipers Goodridge lines Pagid Pads VW Polo master cylinder and servo (thanks paulmanta!) New lines if needed Suspension Bilstein / Gaz / Leda (to be decided) Powerflex bushes Possible new top wishbones to allow for camber adjustment Cleaned and rebuilt parts (Robbie, i'm aiming for the same finish as you!) Pictures! Car when i first had it ROT! That's as far as i've got so far, hoping maybe things will improve to a point where i can actually spend some serious time on the damned thing and really get the shell sorted out underneath before i start looking into getting it to a shop to have the roof sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Good to see the project back in, just keep at it at your own pace and get the shell solid, from there its easy, just the usual problem time and money, I know lads that have been doing thier cars for 6 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunman Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I'm 2 and a half years at mine, due to the 2 young uns now progress is slow, but sure, slow and steady wins the race . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian N Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 Cheers for the encouragement guys, it's so frustrating though wanting to get this car finished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamInHead Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Hey Ian I see you're E30 made it into Pratical Performance Car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian N Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 News to me! Gonna go and find it in a newsagents tomorrow then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamInHead Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 assuming I've got the right Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian N Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 Yes you have Happy days Would like to send a BIG THANK YOU! To Mr Virco for all the help he's given when i've been working on it Now to get the manta done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian N Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Blimey, been a few years since I was logged in here Well, the Manta's been mothballed for the past few years due to work commitments at university, and for the past six months, job hunting. HOWEVER I did manage to get myself a job over at Aston Martin and due to start there soon. Once i've got settled in, I hopefully should be able to continue where i left off with this project. I know it's been ages, but as always, life / work commitments come first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stradacab Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Welcome back!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opel2000 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 (edited) Edit:- Not enough smileys there.... Edited February 23, 2011 by opel2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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